Hamish Francourt faces Coffs Harbour court on cocaine and MDMA drug supply charges

An apprentice plumber caught in a phone tap by police striving to break the cocaine supply chain in Coffs Harbour has faced court.

Francourt was busted dealing cocaine and MDMA.

An apprentice plumber caught in a special covert police operation designed to break the cocaine supply chain in the Coffs Harbour area must wait to learn his fate.

Smartly dressed teen Hamish Christopher Francourt was flanked by supporters when he appeared for sentence in Coffs Harbour Local Court.

His barrister Peter Davies told the court on Wednesday that the 19-year-old had been accepted into the MERIT (Magistrates Early Referral Into Treatment) program, and asked for the matter to be adjourned for four weeks.

Magistrate Theresa Hamilton agreed, deferring Francourt’s sentencing to March 15.

The young tradie was excused from appearing in court that day providing he is legally represented.

Francourt has pleaded guilty to one count of supplying a prohibited drug (4g of cocaine) and supplying an indictable quantity of a prohibited drug (14g of MDMA).

Francourt, his local Coffs Harbour contact and a man in Sydney were due to meet under the cinemas, but changed locations because the car park was too busy, according to police facts.

Francourt from Coffs Harbour came to police attention when Strike Force Dares – formed last May with the brief of breaking the coke supply chain on the Coffs Coast – intercepted the phone of another man identified as one of the initial targets.

Police allege in documents the man dealt cocaine on a street level in Coffs Harbour.

Officers recorded calls between him and Francourt on June 25.

Francourt was overheard saying: “Can I get some more rack?” and “f--k deadset I’ll literally pay whatever”, according to court documents.

He also asks whether the man has any cocaine not bulked out with cutting agent: “Have you got any straight s--t still?”.

“Oh c--t, I need more rack,” he said.

Diggers Beach carpark at Coffs Harbour, where Francourt met with his local Coffs Harbour contact and a Sydney man.

Francourt made admissions during the conversation to supplying 4g of coke, according to court documents.

Police claim Francourt later sought to obtain MDMA from an associate in Sydney.

On October 15, Francourt, his local Coffs Harbour contact and the man in Sydney were involved in a number of phone calls, court documents state

They arranged to meet underneath the BCC Cinemas on Bray St, but the car park was too busy so the location was changed to the Diggers Beach car park.

Police allege in documents Francourt obtained half an ounce (14g) of MDMA from the two men.

On October 27, Francourt attended Coffs Harbour Police Station where he was arrested and subsequently released on conditional bail.

Francourt remains on bail.